Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed one more COVID-19case from 6am to 6pm on November 12, reported the National SteeringCommittee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The 23-year-old female patient is a Hungarian expert. Afterarriving at Van Don international airport in Quang Ninh on October 29 on Flight LO9001from India, she was immediately put under quarantine.
Her second test on November 12 showed that she is positive to SAR-CoV-2causing COVID-19 disease.
She is now under treatment at the Central Hospitalfor Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s outlying district of Dong Anh.
As of November 12 evening, Vietnam recorded a total of 1,253infection cases, 691 of them are locally transmitted.
FromJuly 25, there were 551 cases in 15 cities and provinces, including 389 in DaNang, 96 in Quang Nam, 16 in Hai Duong, 11 in Hanoi, 8 in Ho Chi Minh City, 7in Quang Tri, 6 in Bac Giang, 5 in Quang Ngai, 4 in Lang Son, 3 in Dak Lak, 2in Dong Nai, and one in Thai Binh, Ha Nam, Thanh Hoa and Khanh Hoa each.
Vietnam has gone through 71 days without community infectioncases.
The same day, two patients were given all-clear from the virus, raising thetotal number of recovered patients to 1,093.
Among patients under treatment at medical establishments, 23 tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 13 twice and 11 thrice. There were 35 deathsrelated to COVID-19 due to serious underlying diseases.
As many as 15,540 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients orentered from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine, 217 of them are inhospitals, 14,334 at other establishments and 989 at homes./.
